Welcome to Darlington's Professional Development
Our objective is to help you learn how to use your MacBook more efficiently so you may help your students in our 1 to 1 program. By learning just the basic functions and features of Mac OSX you can organize your digital life as well as streamlining your daily functions on your computer. This online resource will be available for you to use after the workshop is over. Choose a day or come to all three!
Bring your MacBook fully charged to the workshop - See below for update information
November 21st 7:15 - 8:15 am - Dodd Dining Room - Grab some breakfast and come on in!
November 21th 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Thatcher Hall
November 22nd 11:00 - 1:55 am - Dodd Dining Room - Lunch and Learn - Drop in during your lunch period and we'll learn something new. I will repeat the class every hour but stop in any time.
Bring your MacBook fully charged to the workshop - See below for update information
November 21st 7:15 - 8:15 am - Dodd Dining Room - Grab some breakfast and come on in!
November 21th 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Thatcher Hall
November 22nd 11:00 - 1:55 am - Dodd Dining Room - Lunch and Learn - Drop in during your lunch period and we'll learn something new. I will repeat the class every hour but stop in any time.
Update your OS - Prior to the Workshop
IMPORTANT - Stop by IT and we will update your Macbook before the class to the new Mavericks OS. If you'd like to try to do it yourself, here are the steps: (You may skip step 1 & 2)
Bring your MacBook fully charged to the workshop.
Apple Tutorial on updating to Mavericks
Bring your MacBook fully charged to the workshop.
Apple Tutorial on updating to Mavericks
Workshop Lesson Plan & Instructional Agenda
- Who is the Finder? - File viewing and organization, Finder preferences, Tagging
- Spotlight - Where is my STUFF?
- System Preferences - Time Machine, Appearance, Dock, Energy saver, etc!
- Safari - Cool tips and tricks on Apple's Internet browser
- Mac tidbits - Preview, QuickTime, PhotoBooth, iCloud & cool keyboard commands